Coronavirus live updates: Dr Reddy's starts supply of Sputnik V first doses

Singapore's health ministry recorded 328 new domestic coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest daily number of new infections in more than a year. The city-state has been reporting more than 100 domestic cases daily over the past two weeks in a rise that has come as the country removes most restrictions as part of its phased reopening.

Indonesia has approved the single-dose Covid-19 vaccines produced by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, part of Johnson & Johnson, and China's CanSino Biological Inc for emergency use, the country's food and drug agency said in a statement.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited fellow parliamentarians of Conservative Party for a drinks reception at Downing Street on Tuesday evening, but with the condition that they carry along a so-called “Covid pass” – or proof of being vaccinated or a recent negative test.

The Philippines reported 18,012 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the Southeast Asian country's confirmed cases to 2,121,308, the country's Department of Health (DOH) said.

Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday urged the Centre to provide additional one crore Covid-19 vaccine doses for a mega vaccination camp scheduled to begin from September 12. Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian in a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya requested for an additional one crore Covid vaccines along with the equal number of 0.5 ml of AD Syringes or 1ml/2ml syringes to the state. Read full story

Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved an additional 17 billion baht ($521 million) of financial support for people affected by restrictions aimed at containing the country's biggest coronavirus outbreak, a government spokesman said.

Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday relaxed the night curfew timings by an hour in light of decreasing Covid-19 cases. The night curfew will now be imposed from 11 pm to 6 am rather than 10 pm to 6 am. The new timings will come into effect immediately as per the order issued by Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi today.

Odisha's eight coastal districts continued to report a high number of fresh Covid-19 cases and fatalities as the region accounted for nearly 70 percent of the 638 new cases detected on Tuesday and five of the seven deaths recorded during the day, a health official said. The region accounted for over 65 per cent of the state's caseload of 10,12,805.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday said the ICMR should look into the complaints received against private pathology laboratories and revoke licences in case of breach of conditions. It is the ICMR which gives licences to the labs and it cannot be sitting in ivory towers, the high court said. The high court was hearing a plea seeking contempt action against the authorities for not adhering to the Delhi high court's earlier direction to take action against online health service aggregators which are operating illegally and collecting samples for Covid-19 tests.

After covering the entire eligible population with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the Goa government on Tuesday set a target of October 31 to completely vaccinate all beneficiaries in the state.Speaking at a gathering in Margao, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the entire eligible population should be double vaccinated by October 31, and urged people to join hands with the state government for the same.

Turkey said on Tuesday there was "no need to rush" in recognising the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan, adding that Ankara was still holding discussions about operating Kabul's strategic airport.In a wide-ranging television interview, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu sounded a cautious note about Turkey's future relations with the fundamentalist Islamist group.He said Afghanistan's new government needed to be "inclusive", adding that women and a range of ethnic groups should be given ministerial posts.The Taliban on Monday claimed total control over Afghanistan, saying they had won the key battle for the Panjshir Valley, the last remaining holdout of resistance against their rule.

Panacea Biotec has supplied the first shipment of the second component of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine manufactured by it for sale in India.This is the first batch of the second component produced and supplied by the company in India, the drug firm and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a joint statement.